Leftist intellectuals love to drag us into this game -- "oh no, my poor benighted friend, so-and-so is not a socialist, which you would know if you read X, Y or Z. A socialist believes such and which, which you're obviously too ignorant to understand, so why should anybody listen to you?"
I say rubbish. The difference between a socialist, a liberal, a communist, a fascist, or whatever-ist is like the difference between horse manure, cow manure and dog poop. They're all slightly different flavors of the the same totalitarian leftist BS.
I don't play this game anymore. There are only people who believe in liberty and limited government, and those who believe in central planning backed by brute force.
And they all should be confronted by Milton Friedman's famous question to Phil Donahue: "Just where are you going to find these angels who are going to organize our society for us?"
Great thoughts Maceman. I’m taking that post and using it liberally at later dates.
I find left and rights love to stroke their intellect by arguing the differences. Who cares, it all needs to get wiped out.